BlockKnobbs Springs, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lexington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78650. The Survey maps it on the McDade quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1885 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS McDade quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Knobbs Springs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 806 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 163 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 41 |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARNES RANCH |
| 8 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLUE RIDGE |
| 7 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROAD C |
| 5 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Knobbs Springs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payne Brick Weaver Pit | Clay | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034637. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.